And good morning, everybody. Belated happy new year, from me to all you guys out there. And we begin with the president ial seal of approval that should keep the country from plunging back into recession. Late last night, president obama signed the bill to avert the fiscal cliff. He did it from his Vacation Home in hawaii, via autopen. Its a mechanical device that copies his signature in washington. And that opposition had House Speaker facing opposition from fellow republicans. He put his job on the line to get it done, only to be met by a new round of outrage by both parties over the Hurricane Sandy aid package. Heres abcs jonathan karl. Reporter a political firestorm erupted over what congress has failed to do. Adjourning without passing an aid bill for victims of Hurricane Sandy. The rug is pulled out from under us. Absolutely indefensible. Absurd. Absolutely absurd. Shame on you, mr. Speaker. Reporter the failure to even vote on the 60 billion bill prompted an outburst from new je
Under us. Absolutely indefensible. Absurd. Absolutely absurd. Shame on you, mr. Speaker. Reporter the failure to even vote on the 60 billion bill prompted an outburst from new jersey governor, chris christie. 66 days and counting. Shame on you. Shame on congress. Reporter his wrath aimed squarely at Republican Leaders in congress. They forget, we sent them there. We sent them there to do the work for us. Not to sit down there and play with each other. Reporter all that sound and fury apparently paid off. Late wednesday, the speaker of the house said that aid to victims of Hurricane Sandy would be the First Priority of the new congress to get sworn in on thursday. The first vote for sandy victims coming on friday. Jonathan karl, abc news, the white house. Our thanks to jonathan. So, the speaker conceding to pressure over sandy aid. But hes taking a stand on another issue. The hill newspaper reports that boehner is promising to end any further oneonone talks with the president , reported
From wjz from hartford connecticut. Reporter cars are having a tough time navigating the snowy roads in hartford connecticut. This family went out for lunch and got stuck. Thank you so much. We were a little ways. Luckily we got out of it. There were people out there to help us. Reporter across the northeast, millions of people are digging out are from up to 3 feet of snow and thousands in 8 states with still waiting for the lights and heat to come back on. Crews are making progress with street cleaning, but the next challenge is getting rid of mountains of snow that are piling up all over town. Bus service is getting back on track are. Ray and doris gunter radar on one of the first arrived on one of the first buses. They celebrated their wedding anniversary in st. Croix. And more than 5000 flights were canceled on thursday and friday and. Crews are working to clear cars from the long island expressway are, trying to get one another of the busiest expressways open and ready in time for
And the grammy goes to, we are young. She said we and we were like could this be us . Do you remember . Yeah, we are it still could have been we are never getting back together. Reporter gotye took home three grammys, but it was harder to tell if he was more excited about the statues or the fact thattist idol prince presented for his record of the year. A little bit lost for words. To receive an award from a man standing behind us here with the cane, many years listening to his music growing up a big reason i was inspired to make music. Thank you. Reporter the trophies sure are nice but its usually the performances that the fans remember the most. [ music ] taylor swift got things started with a mad hatter rendition of her hit single, we are never getting back together. [ music ] reporter and what better way to make a comeback, Justin Timberlake used the industry as biggest stage to relaunch his music career. And the good times carried on after the show. The grammys official after part
Home producer of the year and three in the rock categories. Fun made a splash this year, as well. The trio won two grammys including best new artist and song of the year. And the grammy goes to we are young. She said we and we were like, could it be us . Do you remember . We are it still could have been we are never getting back together. Reporter gotye took home three grammys. It was hard to tell if he was more excited for the statues or his idol prince presented for the record of the year. A little bit loss for words receiving an award from the man behind me. I was inspired to make music. Thank you. Reporter the trophies are nice but its usually the performances that the fans end up remembering the most. [ music ] taylor swift got things started with a mad hatter ren decision of her hit single, we are never getting back together. [ music ] reporter and what better way to make a comeback, Justin Timberlake used the industrys biggest stage to relaunch his music career. And frank, the g